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• From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
• So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
• Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
• Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.
• From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers.
• Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,…
• The body searches for that which has injured the mind with love.
• At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The…

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